单词 | stean |
释义 | steann. A vessel for liquids (or, in later use, for bread, meat, fish, etc.), usually made of clay, with two handles or ears; a jar, pitcher, pot, urn. Now only dialect and archaic. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > jar > [noun] steanc1050 jar1600 bottle1683 c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 415/18 Gillone, stænan. c1275 Wom. Samaria 15 in Old Eng. Misc. Ase he þer reste..Þar com gon o wymmon,..myd hire stene [= Vulg. hydria, John iv. 28]. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 3 Kings vii. 50 Salamon made alle þe vesselis in þe hous of þe lord, a goldene forsoþe auteer..& stenys [a1425 L.V. pottis]..of most pure gold. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Kings xvii. 12 I haue not breed, but as myche as an handful may take of mele in a stene [a1425 L.V. pot; L. in hydria]. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 207 Þese beeþ þe names of þe signes: þe Wether,..þe Steen [printed Sceen; repr. L. Aquarius], the Fisshe. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 1165 Of that they do Viij cotuls in a stene of wynes trie [L. per amphoram uini]. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 666 Whan they beth bake, al hoot into a stene Let hem be pressed. a1500 Medulla Gram. Anfora, a steene or a canne with two eerys. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 74 Plato sent hym a whole stene or pitcher full [L. lagœnam.] 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. B.viiv That doth dylygently: Attend the tappes of stande and steane: To moyst thy lyppes full dry. a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vii. xlii, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Ii2v Vpon an huge great Earth-pot steane he stood; From whose wide mouth, there flowed forth the Romane floud. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 261 The Pots..are very much esteem'd, especially the Steans, or great Pitchers. 1728 E. Smith Compl. Housewife (ed. 2) 202 Strip them into an earthen Stean that has a cover to it. 1742 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 4) I. 48 The Ale..is drank while it is fermenting in earthen Steens. 1746 Gentleman's Mag. 16 407 (Exmoor Vocab.) Steyan or Stean, an earthen pot, like a jar. 1750 Smith's Compl. Housewife (ed. 14) 236 Put them into an earthen stein that has a faucet. 1880 T. Q. Couch E. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall Stean, an earthenware pot such as meat or fish is cured in. 1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. xvi. 450 If the thing fall to them for which they vowed [at the wishing-place], they will..lay up a new stean in a little cave. 1908 A. Bennett Old Wives' Tale i. iii. 34 In the corner nearest the kitchen was a great steen in which the bread was kept. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1050 |
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